(PALETTE, PLAYLOOP, PEX) Dublin, Los Angeles

Deep House, Electronica, Tech-House & Techno

Dave Hughes is an accomplished DJ, producer and sound recording engineer. Hughes has produced records for Playloop, John Tejada’s label imprint Palette Recordings and has worked as an audio engineer on U2’s album ”All You Can’t Leave Behind”, has a credit on REM’s album “Reveal”, as well as countless other albums with the likes of The Cranberries, Elvis Costello and Snow Patrol to name a few. Dave Hughes has appeared in hundreds of clubs, concerts, festivals and parties between both coasts and around the world. In addition, he has played alongside the likes of Orbital, Ashley Beedle, Charles Webster, Erol Alkan, King Britt, Johnny Fiasco, John Tejada, Junior Vasquez, Mylo, Orbital, Paul Van Dyk, Phil Asher, Brett Johnson, Plump DJs, Timo Mass, and more. Other notable performances include multiple appearances in U2’s Kitchen Nightclub (1996), residency at @Home Nightclub, Ireland (1999), Love Parade, Berlin (2002), The Peppermint Lounge, Sydney, Australia (2005), Burning Man Festival 2005 to 2009 and Philadelphia Summer Festival 2009.

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TOUR SCHEDULE:

01/30/10 – KING KING Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA
02/12/10 – PEX vs. PLAYLOOP – Philadelphia, PA
02/13/10 – PEX HEARTBURN 4 – Philadelphia, PA
03/13/10 – Nikkis – Venice, CA
04/16/10 – ORBITAL – San Francisco, CA
04/24/10 – Japanese Soundtrack – Los Angeles, CA
07/02/10 – PEX SUMMER FESTIVAL - Maryland
08/20/10 – HOUSEMATES – Venice, CA
09/04/10 – Burning Man Festival – Black Rock City, NV
09/05/10 - Burning Man Festival – Black Rock City, NV

BOOKINGS:
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VIDEO:

Dave Hughes Bio

You know a DJ has a sort of death grip on his audience when previously
sleeping people leap up out of a sound sleep and immediately throw
themselves onto the dance floor. The DJ we’re referring to is DJ Dave
Hughes, of Ireland (currently LA), and the incident described actually
happened during one of his gripping sets at The Philadelphia
Experiment camp at Burning Man, 2007.  Trying to describe his style is
like trying to capture Shakespeare in flat prose. Techy house at
times, at others funky, flavorful, driving beats, at once smooth and
grinding bass lines that, most simply put, just make people want to
dance.

With acid house, 80s pop music, metal and 90s rap spurring him on as
early influences, Dave Hughes first hit the decks in 1993 at age 15.
By 16, Dave played his first Dublin gig at the legendary Kitchen,
owned by U2. Dave would eventually end up working as an assistant
audio engineer on U2’s album “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” in
Dublin, 2000.

After these auspicious beginnings, Dave went on to host residences and
guest DJ spots all over Ireland, the United States, Australia, and
Mexico. Some memorable highlights of Dave’s career include his
residency at Home Nightclub, Ireland (1999), Love Parade, Berlin
(2002), and The Peppermint lounge, Sydney, Australia (2005).

Dave’s first record signing was by Rithma label on Rithmica Records in
2007. With his remix of “Step Aside” (Monica Brooke, vocals) he broke
into the DJ/Producer scene. In April 2007, Dave signed with
Philadelphia based label, Playloop Records, and released his first
commercial EP, “Journey’s End EP.” Soon after, on October 1, 2007
Dave’s “Let’s Do It EP” was released by legendary DJ / Producer John
Tejada on his Palette Recordings, the same day that Playloop Records
released his “Messages EP.” All in time for his 29th birthday.

There is certainly more to come from this avid DJ/Producer. In early
2008 Dave’s two remixes for the track “Do You Believe In Angels?” by The Model,
a new band on the Playloop label, to be released in September  2009. Dave Hughes
will also be featured on Justin Paul’s upcoming album, Playloop Presents Get Into the
Loop Volume 2, slated for release in March  2010.

Dave Hughes currently resides in Los Angeles, California,  where he
works on audio restoration and foreign language translation and film
dubbing for major motion pictures.